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From: Clay on 6 Mar 2010 12:08
The steering wheel in my mother's 1999 Camry has made an annoying
noise for years. The dealer was no help. She just put up with the
noise.
I tracked down the noise to where the steering shaft goes through the
floor. The shaft and the rubber grommet was the problem because
there is no lubrication. I used a Q-Tip to apply di-electric silicone
grease to the rubber and shaft. No more NOISE,
In my opinion, Toyota could have prevented this problem by using a
Teflon bushing.
From: Mort on 6 Mar 2010 20:50
Clay wrote:
> The steering wheel in my mother's 1999 Camry has made an annoying
> noise for years. The dealer was no help. She just put up with the
> noise.
> I tracked down the noise to where the steering shaft goes through the
> floor. The shaft and the rubber grommet was the problem because
> there is no lubrication. I used a Q-Tip to apply di-electric silicone
> grease to the rubber and shaft. No more NOISE,
> In my opinion, Toyota could have prevented this problem by using a
> Teflon bushing.


Hi,

My 1999 Camry has a similar problem, and I'll act upon your advice to
fix it.

Thanks a lot.

Mort Linder

P.S. In an historic and prescient remark at an auto show just a few
years ago, a Toyota rep told an inquiring attendee that, "Toyota can no
longer afford to be perfect.".
From: Sharx35 on 22 Mar 2010 04:28


"Clay" <c.story(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:9cf667e9-6222-4ec7-b3fa-6ca6c5db3574(a)15g2000yqi.googlegroups.com...
> The steering wheel in my mother's 1999 Camry has made an annoying
> noise for years. The dealer was no help. She just put up with the
> noise.
> I tracked down the noise to where the steering shaft goes through the
> floor. The shaft and the rubber grommet was the problem because
> there is no lubrication. I used a Q-Tip to apply di-electric silicone
> grease to the rubber and shaft. No more NOISE,
> In my opinion, Toyota could have prevented this problem by using a
> Teflon bushing.

I had the same problem until I started using spray silicone on that
area...every year or two.

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